This risen Christ issue was
> very big to him, I suppose in contrast to images of
> Catholic crucufixes.
Dear Karen,
That's kind of a one-upsman thing Protestants sometimes use against
the Catholics. They claim because they (Protestants) wear empty
crucifixes it represents the resurrection as opposed to the Catholic
crucifixes which depict Jesus being crucified. But the original reason
they didn't put Jesus on the cross is because they objected to the use
of figurative icons because they considered then idolatorous.
> I could not help but think of Mary, who as I recall,
> was the catalyst to calming the diciples afterward, in
> that she recognized He indeed lived on in the faith
> imbued in them. It has always been my thought that the
> visions of Him were not physical events but spiritual
> insights.
If we are talking about a vision, I'm not sure what physical versus
spiritual means. Visions are not physical to begin with. But there is
a long tradition both in the gnostic texts and in the orthodox canon
of Jesus appearing after the crucifixtion as a being of light. In
fact, He apparently was appearing to early Christians so frequently
that Luke felt he had to put a lid on it by saying that Jesus ascended
after thirty days (and therefore these appearances should stop.)
warmest, Susan
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